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Fast Forward For anti-Semites in France, police are seen as ‘dirty Jews’
(JTA) — On April 27, Youssef Tihlah left his home near Paris planning to avenge what he later called “the situation in Palestine.” Over the past decade, that has been the motivation for multiple perpetrators of anti-Semitic terrorist acts in Europe, who have targeted Jews as payback for their perception of Israel’s actions. But Tihla,…
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Fast Forward Far-left French politician accuses Jews of killing Jesus
(JTA) — A far-left French politician accused Jews of deicide, or being responsible for the death of Jesus, during a television interview. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the founder of the democratic socialist La France Insoumise, or Unsubmissive France party, and a member of the National Assembly, made the remarks on Thursday in an interview on the French…
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Fast Forward ‘Death to Jews,’ swastikas drawn on gravestones in southern France
(JTA) — About 20 gravestones in a cemetery in southern France were vandalized with swastikas and the words “Death to Jews” and “Death to the French.” The graffiti was discovered in the Gruissan municipal cemetery in the Aude region on Sunday. The gravestones appear to have been chosen at random and were not broken or…
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News French town famous for saving Jews in Holocaust elects mayor accused of anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The municipal council of Moissac sometimes calls its placid French town overlooking the Tarn River, near Toulouse, “the city of the Righteous Among the Nations.” It’s a reference to how hundreds of locals during the Holocaust helped resistance activists rescue about 500 Jewish children — an occurrence that Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust museum,…
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Fast Forward At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19
(JTA) — At least 1,300 members of France’s Jewish community have died of COVID-19, the country’s Jewish burial service said. The French chevra kadisha, the Jewish term for those who provide Jewish burial services, reported the figure this week after declining to disclose any numbers since the outbreak of the pandemic in France in March,…
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Fast Forward Paris Metro passengers stop anti-Jewish harassment
(JTA) – Passengers aboard a metro train in Paris stopped four Arab men from pursuing a Jewish man they were harassing over his faith, the victim said. The incident late Saturday night unfolded as the train approached the Jaures station in northeast Paris, the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, reported Sunday. The…
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Fast Forward Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual world Jewish population figures have been released, and they reveal that Jews continue to be spread throughout the world, although mostly concentrated in major countries. According to research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Sergio Della Pergola, the global Jewish population in 2019 is 14.6 million. There are 175…
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Culture Acclaimed French Novelist Apologizes For Caricatures Denying, Mocking Holocaust
(JTA) — One of France’s most celebrated novelists 30 years ago published caricatures mocking the Holocaust and texts denying that the Holocaust happened. Yann Moix, whose first novel won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1996, apologized for his actions and suspended the promotion of his latest novel, “Orleans,” after the weekly L’Express last week published…
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